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I ordered a 18" obr the first week of september, the wait goes on.
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I got my OBR 7.62 today. Definitely worth the wait. I just wish that I could have ordered a PreditOBR at the same time like I wanted to. Its the waiting to start waiting thats the worst.
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I ordered on 01/11/12. Makes me wonder if they make them in batches. 16" this month 18" next month type of thing.
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I ordered on 01/11/12. Makes me wonder if they make them in batches. 16" this month 18" next month type of thing. I take that to mean you got a 16" then right? I'm tired and don't like to assume ETA: Just saw the other thread...cool. Hope 18's are next |
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Just got my order in for a 16" predatAR 7.62. The wait begins...
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I placed my order for a 556 on 02/12 and I just received a notice today that my order was completed!!
Woohoo!! |
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Quoted: I placed my order for a 556 on 02/12 and I just received a notice today that my order was completed!! Woohoo!! Were you quoted a wait time when you ordered? |
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I placed my order for a 556 on 02/12 and I just received a notice today that my order was completed!! Woohoo!! Were you quoted a wait time when you ordered? I was quoted 12-14 weeks. |
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I placed my order for a 556 on 02/12 and I just received a notice today that my order was completed!! Woohoo!! Were you quoted a wait time when you ordered? I was quoted 12-14 weeks. You are lucky! I ordered in 10/11 and was told 14-16 weeks and still no word on mine. |
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You are lucky! I ordered in 10/11 and was told 14-16 weeks and still no word on mine. What configuration did you order? The 7.62 is taking much longer than the 5.56 in the OBR line it seems. |
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I placed my order for a 556 on 02/12 and I just received a notice today that my order was completed!! Woohoo!! Say whaaaa??? I call pics or Now I have to go check my order. ETA.....NM I just realized this is an OBR thread. I rescind my flag. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Any new news? My buddy is at 15 weeks with no word. Tell him to pickup the phone. He has, I don't want to get into it too much. No biggie though, I just heard from Alfred and I'm sure everything will get taken care of. Joe So, even weeks after Alfred told me to have my buddy contact him directly, my buddy cannot get in contact with Alfred and was told by one of the phone answerers that he won't be able to talk to Alfred because Alfred is on other projects now. Apparently it doesn't matter that Alfred told him to call. The guy on the phone also told my buddy that his 18" OBR ordered in October (with a delivery date of mid-December) will not be delivered for the foreseeable future as they now have military contracts to fill. He was told, though, that he can go to the back of the line for a 16" gun. I'm not sure what's happening in Leander, but this is certainly not the type of customer service I'm used to from LT. I'm surprised that my buddy had to call to even find out (2 months after it was supposed to be delivered) that they were not going to ship his gun (He emailed a few times and I emailed Alfred back after he emailed me and we didn't get any responses). I understand military contracts are the top priority, but to not even tell people you are not going to fill their order seems strange, and then to tell him that he can wait another 4-6 weeks for a 16" gun seems crazy. Maybe I'm off base here, but treating someone who is trying to spend around $3,500 on your products this way is fairly unacceptable. I'm not trying to call anyone out, but it seems impossible to get any responses or answers without posting here. I ranted and raved about how great LaRue's service was and insisted that my buddy spend his money with LT, and now he is getting the run around. You're making a liar out of me. What's happening? |
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Bump for effect. Good thread lets see if someone can find out whats going on. Hopefully the delays are just due to massive expansion of their manufacturing ability so everyone can be built out quicker.
Remember, underpromise/overdeliver hehe. |
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Any new news? My buddy is at 15 weeks with no word. Tell him to pickup the phone. He has, I don't want to get into it too much. No biggie though, I just heard from Alfred and I'm sure everything will get taken care of. Joe So, even weeks after Alfred told me to have my buddy contact him directly, my buddy cannot get in contact with Alfred and was told by one of the phone answerers that he won't be able to talk to Alfred because Alfred is on other projects now. Apparently it doesn't matter that Alfred told him to call. The guy on the phone also told my buddy that his 18" OBR ordered in October (with a delivery date of mid-December) will not be delivered for the foreseeable future as they now have military contracts to fill. He was told, though, that he can go to the back of the line for a 16" gun. I'm not sure what's happening in Leander, but this is certainly not the type of customer service I'm used to from LT. I'm surprised that my buddy had to call to even find out (2 months after it was supposed to be delivered) that they were not going to ship his gun (He emailed a few times and I emailed Alfred back after he emailed me and we didn't get any responses). I understand military contracts are the top priority, but to not even tell people you are not going to fill their order seems strange, and then to tell him that he can wait another 4-6 weeks for a 16" gun seems crazy. Maybe I'm off base here, but treating someone who is trying to spend around $3,500 on your products this way is fairly unacceptable. I'm not trying to call anyone out, but it seems impossible to get any responses or answers without posting here. I ranted and raved about how great LaRue's service was and insisted that my buddy spend his money with LT, and now he is getting the run around. You're making a liar out of me. What's happening? Your description of the tone of that call doesn't sound like LaRue. Your buddy is understandably upset though. He might be coloring that conversation with his discontent. Not judging you, your buddy or LaRue, just saying... |
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Today mark's the 112th day (and counting) in my wait for my pre-paid-in-full 18" OBR 7.62... I've placed several additional "small" orders through LT since placing my weapon order, all of which arrived quickly along with the generous swag gifts... although at this point, the only LaRue item I have any actual personal experiance with is the Dillo Dust all the rest of the stuff is still sitting new in the packages eagerly awaiting a rifle to be installed on.
I dont mind waiting for a high quality product that is also obviously in high demand... but I do agree it would be nice if LT was up front with those of us waiting paitently and give us an accurate estimated time of arrival. Meanwhile, to help pass the time, I have decided to take up another (new for me) hobby of RELOADING! I wonder how many different custom 308 loads I can assemble small test batches of before my weapon arrives? |
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Give me a second. Let me count my fingers and toes. Day... 133 for me. I was hoping to have it here to take my younger brother out to try it out before he shipped to Afghanistan but he'll be leaving within a week so I'm a bit bummed.
...I wanted to get him bit by the OBR bug before he left. |
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Ordered mine 12-30-11, arrived at FFL 2-24 12. I was in Louisville, KY at SOS/Ntl. Gun Day Show and had to wait another 3 long days to get in hand. Was quoted 12 - 14 weeks; lucky I guess.
OBR 7.62 16" JWB |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Any new news? My buddy is at 15 weeks with no word. Tell him to pickup the phone. He has, I don't want to get into it too much. No biggie though, I just heard from Alfred and I'm sure everything will get taken care of. Joe So, even weeks after Alfred told me to have my buddy contact him directly, my buddy cannot get in contact with Alfred and was told by one of the phone answerers that he won't be able to talk to Alfred because Alfred is on other projects now. Apparently it doesn't matter that Alfred told him to call. The guy on the phone also told my buddy that his 18" OBR ordered in October (with a delivery date of mid-December) will not be delivered for the foreseeable future as they now have military contracts to fill. He was told, though, that he can go to the back of the line for a 16" gun. I'm not sure what's happening in Leander, but this is certainly not the type of customer service I'm used to from LT. I'm surprised that my buddy had to call to even find out (2 months after it was supposed to be delivered) that they were not going to ship his gun (He emailed a few times and I emailed Alfred back after he emailed me and we didn't get any responses). I understand military contracts are the top priority, but to not even tell people you are not going to fill their order seems strange, and then to tell him that he can wait another 4-6 weeks for a 16" gun seems crazy. Maybe I'm off base here, but treating someone who is trying to spend around $3,500 on your products this way is fairly unacceptable. I'm not trying to call anyone out, but it seems impossible to get any responses or answers without posting here. I ranted and raved about how great LaRue's service was and insisted that my buddy spend his money with LT, and now he is getting the run around. You're making a liar out of me. What's happening? Anyone? Bueller...Bueller...Bueller... |
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Copied from the "Consider yourselves warned" thread, sounds like good news for everyone!:
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As for the current backorders, we're doubling, tripling, and quadrupling setups all over the facility ... There are 5 more CNCs inbound on trucks as I type - all Haas - a horizontal Haas and two more verticals were snapped into the line within the last couple weeks. We're approaching the 100th CNC mark ... yep, we're ropin' this pig and we're gonna slit it's throat. ML |
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I want in on a PredatOBR.... I wouldnt mind getting in on a 16" PredatOBR five-five-sixer... but I personally wont be placing ANY more orders through LaRue until I get the first rifle already ordered in hand |
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130 days for me, but I'm a patient person. I hope ML's post means they speed it up soon. Those CMC machines are not easy to commission, so my guess is we're talking months, not weeks. I just wish they would give us an ETA to shoot for. Literally.
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130 days for me, but I'm a patient person. I hope ML's post means they speed it up soon. Those CMC machines are not easy to commission, so my guess is we're talking months, not weeks. I just wish they would give us an ETA to shoot for. Literally. Has anybody waited longer than 130 days or am I the only one? |
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114 days for a PredatAR 5.56 16"... original quote was 6 weeks... was told today I should not expect it until sometime in April... no reason given for the delay... giant PITA, as I am moving, and will need to make new FFL arrangements.
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130 days for me, but I'm a patient person. I hope ML's post means they speed it up soon. Those CMC machines are not easy to commission, so my guess is we're talking months, not weeks. I just wish they would give us an ETA to shoot for. Literally. Has anybody waited longer than 130 days or am I the only one? About 147 days here...Plus or minus |
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Have any of you guys called to see what's the hold up? (other than Vegas Shooter)
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yes... was told 3rd party parts was the delay when I check a month ago... last check was via email, not cause to the additional delay was offered, and I have not followed up further...
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IIRC, the 18 inch 762 OBR's have been ordered by some sort of .gov agency, and they got bumped to the head of the line.
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yes... was told 3rd party parts was the delay when I check a month ago... last check was via email, not cause to the additional delay was offered, and I have not followed up further... Quoted:
Have any of you guys called to see what's the hold up? (other than Vegas Shooter) At the 8 week mark of the 6-8 week quote it was small third party parts and should be just a few more weeks. At the 90 day mark it was lack of barrels from LW. At the 100day mark it was mil contracts and no ETA. Today, as I get close to 120 it was a mil contract soaking up all 18" barrels and it should be "a couple more weeks" again. I really like all things LaRue. But the lack of an accurate estimate is irritating. I had ordered when I did so I could further support LaRue in the LaRue 3-gun shooting tac-heavy. But now I won't have time to practice with the gun so I would be bringing an unproven weapon to a match, which isn't a good idea. I have a precision rifle course planned in May, if the gun isn't here by April 1 I'll be forced to cancel my order and get a rifle that I can iron out and be comfortable with prior to the course. |
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Any word on 16" 7.62 OBRs? I was told that if I change my order to a 16" I might get it sooner. But I have no idea what "might" means, so I'm going to stick with the 18". |
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I cancelled part of an order today and was told a possible ship date on my Nov 2011 order of a 16" PredatAR might be April.
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Quoted: I cancelled part of an order today and was told a possible ship date on my Nov 2011 order of a 16" PredatAR might be April. I was told I should not expect mine until sometime in April as well (range day order) which is a pain in the ass, because I am moving and will not have a permanent residence yet in April, so I guess my order will be going in to limbo land... [stand by for some constructive criticism - puts on nomex] I have to say the level of communication during this current back log issue is not the level of customer service most of us have come to expect from LaRue Tactical... I understand supply chain issues, and the priority of mil/LE orders, but the customer having to solicit updates (or just being left in the dark), rather than being proactively updated (even if it was through mass communication) on repeatedly missed suspense dates is really not what I would have expected. [/critisicism - keeps nomex on] |
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Quoted: Quoted: I cancelled part of an order today and was told a possible ship date on my Nov 2011 order of a 16" PredatAR might be April. I was told I should not expect mine until sometime in April as well (range day order) which is a pain in the ass, because I am moving and will not have a permanent residence yet in April, so I guess my order will be going in to limbo land... [stand by for some constructive criticism - puts on nomex] I have to say the level of communication during this current back log issue is not the level of customer service most of us have come to expect from LaRue Tactical... I understand supply chain issues, and the priority of mil/LE orders, but the customer having to solicit updates (or just being left in the dark), rather than being proactively updated (even if it was through mass communication) on repeatedly missed suspense dates is really not what I would have expected. [/critisicism - keeps nomex on] Huge understatement. |
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Yep... I must agree.
I do not mind waiting for the good shittt, but the lack of communication pretty much suck aszzz IMO... and is not leaving a very good taste in my mouth. Hell, I would possibly be willing wait a whole year for the good shittt if I only was kept in the loop to expect that kind of wait. An update would go a long way with me. 3rd party parts are trickling in ever so slowly? Im okay with that... (but it would be nice to be informed) Thats great that LaRue scored some military contracts, I do not mind being bumped to the tail-end of the list in support of our nations troops... (but it would be nice to be informed) Treat us like mushrooms and keep us in the dark?... Thats the impression Im getting at this point. Lack of communication is most certainly not good for repeat customers, and even more so a problem for potential new customers... just sayin' I also notice there has been no attention to this (and other similar) threads by any representative from LaRue Tactical, but you are assured a quick reply if you post up a new dust recipe or some magic broom's... Rant Over |
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I ordered two PredatAR 5.56s on December 22, and a PredatAR 7.62 on January 12. Have not really worried about them or called to check on status. I was hoping to have the 5.56s by April. Guess I will just wait and see. Having purchased an OBR 7.62 and a PredatAR 5.56 last year, I know first hand that these rifles are worth the wait. Hang in there, guys. You will be glad that you did.
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Quoted: I ordered two PredatAR 5.56s on December 22, and a PredatAR 7.62 on January 12. Have not really worried about them or called to check on status. I was hoping to have the 5.56s by April. Guess I will just wait and see. Having purchased an OBR 7.62 and a PredatAR 5.56 last year, I know first hand that these rifles are worth the wait. Hang in there, guys. You will glass that you did. Already have an OBR762, OBR556, and PredatAR762 (in the video a few posts up)... am aware of the value/worth... it is the only reason I have not canceled and bought/built something else. |
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Out of curiosity, when you order ate you charged or charged a deposit? Or are you just charge when it ships
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Out of curiosity, when you order ate you charged or charged a deposit? Or are you just charge when it ships Charged when shipped. |
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Out of curiosity, when you order ate you charged or charged a deposit? Or are you just charge when it ships Charged when shipped. Cool. I'm going straight to the website and ordering! |
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At the 8 week mark of the 6-8 week quote it was small third party parts and should be just a few more weeks. At the 90 day mark it was lack of barrels from LW. At the 100day mark it was mil contracts and no ETA. Today, as I get close to 120 it was a mil contract soaking up all 18" barrels and it should be "a couple more weeks" again. Can probably put the 20" barrels in there as well, that's what I'm waiting on and I've been waiting since range day. They weren't able to give me an ETA and said they were working on the October backlog. |
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At the 8 week mark of the 6-8 week quote it was small third party parts and should be just a few more weeks. At the 90 day mark it was lack of barrels from LW. At the 100day mark it was mil contracts and no ETA. Today, as I get close to 120 it was a mil contract soaking up all 18" barrels and it should be "a couple more weeks" again. Can probably put the 20" barrels in there as well, that's what I'm waiting on and I've been waiting since range day. They weren't able to give me an ETA and said they were working on the October backlog. I ordered in October and I was told not to expect my rifle any sooner than late April. |
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Ordered a 16" OBR 5.56 on 2/24, and received my shipping email today, 3/14......
Pretty good turnaround, as far as I'm concerned! |
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Ordered a 16" OBR 5.56 on 2/24, and received my shipping email today, 3/14...... Pretty good turnaround, as far as I'm concerned! Nice! |
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